macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[Sevenfeet]

My SSE 4.2 emulator (MouSSE), which enables the Mac Pro 3,1 to run the AMD Metal drivers, is finally going public. See this post for details.

@dosdude1, are you going to update the Mojave/High Sierra patchers for this like you did for Catalina?

 

[dosdude1]

@dosdude1, are you going to update the Mojave/High Sierra patchers for this like you did for Catalina?

Yes, I will be.

 

[Tolliemac]

Hello,

Have installed Mojave using the patcher (thanks for all the hard work!) and very happy how my Mac mini server (i7 2011) is running. Especially as I've swapped both HDD's with SSD's.

I have one rather big problem and so far not found any info on how to solve this.

1. In Mail: I have a bunch of emails that show up as a complete black screen (the email/message in the window is complete black) and looks like that only happens with emails that include a attachment. Most other display just fine. So I get a complete black email with no text..

2. In Safari: I have seen a bunch of websites now that display random images as complete black, some interface buttons etc on forums and/or forms have a black overlay. Some examples attached.

So far I've tried to install the patches again from the Patch Updater, did the same after booting from the USB disk again and flushed cashe but that just does not seem to fix my problem?

Any fix for this? Sorry have not read the whole thread as it's huge, and just registered as I could not find any old Macrumors login anymore.









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I'm on 10.14.6 by the way, run the latest updates.



[Edit].. never mind, found the problem. Turned out I had to calibrate my monitor. Duh!

 

[Tolliemac]

For simplicity execute all these commands at once by copying all this code and paste it into the Terminal:

sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina";
defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist LastRecommendedMajorOSBundleIdentifier;
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences AttentionPrefBundleIDs 0;
killall Dock;
defaults delete com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate LatestMajorOSSeenByUserBundleIdentifier;
softwareupdate --list

Thanks for that

Works fine. Installed Catalina first but just did not like it that much. "downgraded" to Mojave and think going to keep it that way for a long time. (that is if I get my black interface glitches worked out)

 

[Kevbasscat]

I'm having issues after the supplemental update. I was on 10.14.4 that @ dosedude1 put on my 8,2 mbp after he did his Gmux fix for thhe dGPU, so using a PNY 16 Gb USB I built a 10.14.4 patcher, and verified it on my 18,3 iMac, and it worked. I put it in the 8,2 hit option at startup and only the HD shows up, then loads half way and gets stuck. So I built another 16 Gb USB with 10.14.4 on it, verified it on my 18,3, put it my 8,2 and same result, then another 16 Gb USB, same result. What am I doing wrong? This is a simple straight forward task it seems. @doseduse1 you have made this process so simple and easy I don't think even I could get this wrong, but maybe I did. Can Someone point to what I've done incorrectly please? I followed the steps to the letter. This happened at the same time the Google Keystone update issue arose, although I don't use Google Chrome, unless it comes with Mojave. Help please?

I absolutely love how no one responds to the stupid people. I'd prefer it though if you'd send over someone to punt my head back into reality, so I don't suffer so long though. This is painful haha! Let'see...Supplemental update...14.4...duh...oh! update to 14.6! Actaully someone said 14.4 was the last version that supported hardware encoding, I believe so I wanted to stay there, thus the stubbornness, ignorange and pain. Oh well, thanks @doseduse1, my 8,2 burns and I simply can't believe it's 9 years old. I'm leaving it on Mojave though for 32 bit app support, unless there is a compelling reason to upgrade. Your patcher and everything you've done with it, and added to it is amazing, and makes our lives incredibly easy. You're our Maccy Jesus, mmm sounds like a song, lol.
Thanks

 

[avz]

I absolutely love how no one responds to the stupid people. I'd prefer it though if you'd send over someone to punt my head back into reality, so I don't suffer so long though. This is painful haha! Let'see...Supplemental update...14.4...duh...oh! update to 14.6! Actaully someone said 14.4 was the last version that supported hardware encoding, I believe so I wanted to stay there, thus the stubbornness, ignorange and pain. Oh well, thanks @doseduse1, my 8,2 burns and I simply can't believe it's 9 years old. I'm leaving it on Mojave though for 32 bit app support, unless there is a compelling reason to upgrade. Your patcher and everything you've done with it, and added to it is amazing, and makes our lives incredibly easy. You're our Maccy Jesus, mmm sounds like a song, lol.
Thanks

Don't feel bad, asking technical questions is not as easy as it might seem at first. Your question don't have enough info to work with. Following simple instructions to the letter is good but it assumes that a million other conditions are already met(like your hardware is in perfect condition, latest firmware updates applied, system is bootable from both external and internal HDD, SSD and what not, bootable from APFS and HFS volumes etc.)

 

[olad]

Hi @avz ,
Yes that's right, that's why I notified it in my message #17362
"FIXED MY ISSUE TEMPORARILY!"
"It works as long as I do not run update lookup with the software update system preferences even though I have already run (sudo softwareupdate - ignore "macOS Catalina" and sudo softwareupdate --list) before. "

In this case it is necessary to redo the manipulation with the terminal (which is not a real problem)

sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist LastRecommendedMajorOSBundleIdentifier

defaults write com.apple.systempreferences AttentionPrefBundleIDs 0

killall Dock

That said, we do not launch a search for updates every day...

However, this does not block the search for automatic updates as I read with some solutions on the web

EDIT:
In order to permanently prevent the red badge from coming back after each update search (automatic and/or manual)
Just add the following line to others:

defaults delete com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate LatestMajorOSSeenByUserBundleIdentifier

For simplicity execute all these commands at once by copying all this code and paste it into the Terminal:

sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina";
defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist LastRecommendedMajorOSBundleIdentifier;
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences AttentionPrefBundleIDs 0;
killall Dock;
defaults delete com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate LatestMajorOSSeenByUserBundleIdentifier;
softwareupdate --list

@alphascorp. Thank you, thank you. As one who, along the way, has made a few smug remarks like RTM at various times, and then finding myself in the uncomfortable position of needing help for something else, I found (to my dismay) that going through 700 pages takes time. Now I have sharpened my search skills and learnt to criticize less (or better still, not at all)... and wait, because sooner or later, someone would have the same problem and ask. Thanks to all who have made this thread - and the other - a delight. I am sticking to Mojave on the MBP4,1 as I have a Catalina-compatible 9,1 for daily use. But I visit the both Unsupported Mac threads everyday.

 

[iAMmeStyle]

I have a late 2009 iMac with Mojave 10.14.6. Recently, I updated iMovie to 10.1.13. The iMovie does not display any video in the video preview window. When play video, it only has the audio. I found the old iMovie 10.1.12 and installed. Now I can use iMovie again. If anyone needs iMovie, don't upgrade to 10.1.13.

 

[olad]

Hi guys, I need some help. I have an MBP4,1 15inch that has Mojave on it. It was running well, chugging along on 4 Gb (memory slot 1 is bad), but when the last update came up, I performed the update. Then I ran dosdude1's patcher, but I forgot to clear the update for the WiFi card, because my card is the BCM94322 not the xxx4321. Whether it is that or something else, I don't know, but the Bluetooth part has stopped working. It does not recognise any other bluetooth device. I have rerun the patcher several times (reminds me of a definition of insanity - when you do the same thing over and over, and... but I digress). The wireless works (is there a way to know if it runs at 5Ghz?). I depend a lot on AirDrop and it worked before the update. Does anyone know how to rectify the situation? Thank you all.

 

[LuisN]

Hi guys, I need some help. I have an MBP4,1 15inch that has Mojave on it. It was running well, chugging along on 4 Gb (memory slot 1 is bad), but when the last update came up, I performed the update. Then I ran dosdude1's patcher, but I forgot to clear the update for the WiFi card, because my card is the BCM94322 not the xxx4321. Whether it is that or something else, I don't know, but the Bluetooth part has stopped working. It does not recognise any other bluetooth device. I have rerun the patcher several times (reminds me of a definition of insanity - when you do the same thing over and over, and... but I digress). The wireless works (is there a way to know if it runs at 5Ghz?). I depend a lot on AirDrop and it worked before the update. Does anyone know how to rectify the situation? Thank you all.

You must reinstall to clear the patched WIFI. You can see your WIFI details clicking the wifi symbol in task bar with the alt/option pressed.

 

[olad]

You must reinstall to clear the patched WIFI. You can see your WIFI details clicking the wifi symbol in task bar with the alt/option pressed.

Thank you for your quick response. That's what I feared, and didn't want to do because downloading the whole thing is expensive here... Ah well, nothing to do except to get on with it. I had thought there would be a way to unpatch the WiFi, and let Mojave install the right files.

 

[netsrot39]

Hello,
is there anyone that has a functioning iSight camera on their iMac 9,1 on Mojave? I tried different kexts but none seem to work unfortunately. Maybe anybody in here has working kexts? Any help is appreciated

ProductVersion: 10.14.6
BuildVersion: 18G103

 

[jowaju]

Hello,
is there anyone that has a functioning iSight camera on their iMac 9,1 on Mojave? I tried different kexts but none seem to work unfortunately. Maybe anybody in here has working kexts? Any help is appreciated

ProductVersion: 10.14.6
BuildVersion: 18G103

Just checked my 20" iMac9,1 On Mojave 10.14.3 and Facetime is working normally. Patch Updater shows version 2 installed for Legacy iSight patch. Try re-installing from Patch updater by choosing the Legacy iSight patch and Ctrl - click, reinstall update. If that doesn't work, try booting back to your USB patched installer, re-check ONLY the Legacy iSight patch, then make sure you do a force rebuild and reboot.

 

[netsrot39]

Just checked my 20" iMac9,1 On Mojave 10.14.3 and Facetime is working normally. Patch Updater shows version 2 installed for Legacy iSight patch. Try re-installing from Patch updater by choosing the Legacy iSight patch and Ctrl - click, reinstall update. If that doesn't work, try booting back to your USB patched installer, re-check ONLY the Legacy iSight patch, then make sure you do a force rebuild and reboot.

Hi, thanks for replying. I already tried both methods but unfortunately in Facetime it keeps showing that the system does not have a camera. Just to try every possible patcher, I also ran 0403979's Patcher but the kexts don't seem to fix my problem. I don't know if it has to do with the system configuration (I have the 24" top model, 3.06 GHz and 512 MB VRAM) or the OS version. Im also pretty sure that it worked on earlier versions of Mojave, just not 10.14.6 unfortunately.

Do you mind sharing the 2 kext files in question? (IOUSBHostFamily.kext and IOUSBFamily.kext) I would try to load them manually (KextBeast) and report back.

Thanks

 

[LuisN]

Thank you for your quick response. That's what I feared, and didn't want to do because downloading the whole thing is expensive here... Ah well, nothing to do except to get on with it. I had thought there would be a way to unpatch the WiFi, and let Mojave install the right files.

Maybe you can extract the unpatched kexts from the installer but I don't know how to do it. Maybe ask @dosdude1 or someone else with more knowledge than me

 

[jowaju]

Hi, thanks for replying. I already tried both methods but unfortunately in Facetime it keeps showing that the system does not have a camera. Just to try every possible patcher, I also ran 0403979's Patcher but the kexts don't seem to fix my problem. I don't know if it has to do with the system configuration (I have the 24" top model, 3.06 GHz and 512 MB VRAM) or the OS version. Im also pretty sure that it worked on earlier versions of Mojave, just not 10.14.6 unfortunately.

Do you mind sharing the 2 kext files in question? (IOUSBHostFamily.kext and IOUSBFamily.kext) I would try to load them manually (KextBeast) and report back.

Thanks

Sure I've attached them below.

 

[Frantisekj]

I want to share my short experience a one question.

I wanted to update Macbookair3,2 to 10.15 so i needed update it to APFS. I did found that I can convert drive. Somewhere advised that it is possible only when is filled less then 50%. So I deleted number of things and tried.
One important tidbit for others who will try, when you boot from other disk, you have to in disk utility unmount disk first otherwise convert feature is dimmed.
I run convert and it was blazing fast without issues. After restart you have to reapply patches or at least I could not boot without that. So everything is working well.

My question is. Is it really needed to to empty 50% of drive to convert it? I was so quick that it does not seemed to move any big data. I have MBP4,1 with SSD quite filled and want to convert it as well.

And I applied APSF boot patch for unsupported macs but I probably had to use official patch. I have not looked at it. Can I uninstall unsupported patch and reinstall official to get rid of verbal boot sequence?

Thank you

 

[LuisN]

I want to share my short experience a one question.

I wanted to update Macbookair3,2 to 10.15 so i needed update it to APFS. I did found that I can convert drive. Somewhere advised that it is possible only when is filled less then 50%. So I deleted number of things and tried.
One important tidbit for others who will try, when you boot from other disk, you have to in disk utility unmount disk first otherwise convert feature is dimmed.
I run convert and it was blazing fast without issues. After restart you have to reapply patches or at least I could not boot without that. So everything is working well.

My question is. Is it really needed to to empty 50% of drive to convert it? I was so quick that it does not seemed to move any big data. I have MBP4,1 with SSD quite filled and want to convert it as well.

And I applied APSF boot patch for unsupported macs but I probably had to use official patch. I have not looked at it. Can I uninstall unsupported patch and reinstall official to get rid of verbal boot sequence?

Thank you

I think you can convert with about 20 or 15 % free but I'm just guessing. Do a backup of your drive and try to convert, if the free space is not enough the conversion process doesn't begin. DO BACKUP FIRST just in case.

 

[jackluke]

I think you can convert with about 20 or 15 % free but I'm just guessing. Do a backup of your drive and try to convert, if the free space is not enough the conversion process doesn't begin. DO BACKUP FIRST just in case.

Yep, "50% free space" is required when you want to clone and restore an APFS container during the "Inverting target volume" phase.

 

[netsrot39]

In regards to my earlier post:

I got the iSight camera to work FINALLY on my iMac 9,1. Frankly I feel kinda stupid for looking at the wrong place (kexts directory) when it was VirtualBox all along that blocked the iSight kexts for some strange reason. dosdude1's kexts work without any problems. Best bet is to get rid of VirtualBox and install something trustworthy like Parallels or something that doesn't mess up system drivers ...

 

[joevt]

Parallels or something that doesn't mess up system drivers ...

Parallels VM performance (I have a Windows 7 VM) is broken in 10.14.4 and later on my MacPro3,1 (I tested 10.14.6 and 10.15 - I guess I'll try a clean install of 10.14.4 and 10.14.5...)

 

[TimothyR734]

For this who are having issues installing macOS Mojave supplemental updates check this article out https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/10/18/beware-apple-security-certificates-after-october-24/

 

[TimothyR734]

I have a late 2009 iMac with Mojave 10.14.6. Recently, I updated iMovie to 10.1.13. The iMovie does not display any video in the video preview window. When play video, it only has the audio. I found the old iMovie 10.1.12 and installed. Now I can use iMovie again. If anyone needs iMovie, don't upgrade to 10.1.13.

The new iMovie update requires metal that are unsupported Macs are not capable of so yes wise choice to stay at the previous version unless a work around is found

 

[seyyed]

do I need the usb stick I installed the patched Mojave from, every time I want to turn on my MacBook Pro early 2008? or have I done something wrong? because without the stick inserted my Mac boots into the os installer page(with disk utility and ...) and not Mojave

and btw is there any fix or workaround for MacBook Pro 4.1 trackpad issue?

thank you very much in advance for you help

 

[olad]

@dosdude1, @jackluke, any suggestions?

Maybe you can extract the unpatched kexts from the installer but I don't know how to do it. Maybe ask @dosdude1 or someone else with more knowledge than me